Rockland County, NY Curfew Laws: Park Curfew (2026)

L. No. 1-2026, and now states that parks shall be open to the general public daily, except as otherwise permitted by the Commission, from sunrise to sunset for all uses. That single sentence sets the default closing time for every park under the Rockland County Park Commission's jurisdiction, and the Commission's discretion to permit other hours is the only built-in exception; the section names no specific park, so the sunrise-to-sunset window applies chapter-wide unless the Commission posts something different at a particular location. The closing hour connects directly to § 315-18J, which bars loitering or remaining in a park or any area of it, on foot or in a vehicle, after the posted closing hour or time of day for closing that park or park area, without general or special permission.

Section 315-16D separately restricts bridle paths to a half hour after sunset through a half hour before sunrise, a slightly different window from the general park hours, showing the chapter sets activity-specific hours where warranted. Because Chapter 315 reaches only land under Park Commission jurisdiction, this closing rule governs county park and parkway property specifically; a town's own municipal park can set its own separate hours under that town's code.